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| name =Mansoor Ijaz topi |
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| image =Mansoor-IJAZ-2007.jpg|thumb|Mansoor IJAZ |
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| birth_date =1961 |
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| birth_place =[[Tallahassee]], [[Florida]] |
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| nationality =[[United States]] |
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| alma mater =1979-1983 [[University of Virginia]]<br />1983-1985 [[M.I.T.]]<br />1983-1986 Harvard-MIT M.E.M.P. |
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| occupation =Hedge Fund Management<br />Venture Capitalist<br />News Analyst & Opinion Writer<br />Freelance Diplomacy |
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| religion =Islam |
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| spouse =Mdme Valerie Ijaz |
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| children =5 |
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'''Mansoor Ijaz''' (born 1961) is an [[USA|American]] businessman of [[Pakistan]]i ancestry. He is an investment banker and media commentator, mostly in relation to [[Pakistan]], [[Iraq]] and [[Afghanistan]].<ref>[[CNN]] (October 18, 2001) ''[http://archives.cnn.com/2001/COMMUNITY/10/17/ijaz/ Mansoor Ijaz: The Pakistan perspective]'' (CNN interview of Ijaz) Obtained February 14, 2007.</ref> He is the founder and chairman of [[Crescent Investment Management LLC]], a New York investment partnership since 1990 that includes retired General [[James Alan Abrahamson]], former director of President Reagan's [[Strategic Defense Initiative]]. Ijaz has had ties to former [[CIA]] Director James Woolsey. |
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==Personal Life== |
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Mansoor Ijaz was born in [[Tallahassee]], [[Florida]] and grew up on a farm in rural [[Virginia]].<ref>[[Rediff.com]] (November 28, 2000) ''[http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/28inter.htm The Rediff Interview/ Mansoor Ijaz]'' Obtained February 14, 2007.</ref> Ijaz received his bachelor's degree in [[nuclear physics]] from the [[University of Virginia]] in 1983 and master's degree in [[mechanical engineering]] from the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1985, where he was trained as a neural sciences engineer in the Harvard Medical School-MIT Medical Engineering Medical Physics Program. |
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His father, Dr. [[Mujaddid Ahmad Ijaz]], was a theoretical physicist who played a major role in Pakistan's [[Pakistan and its Nuclear Deterrent Program|nuclear detterence development]] throughout 1970s and 1980s, and was a pioneering figure in the designing of the weapons. |
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Ijaz developed CARAT, a currency, interest rate and equity risk management system. He started his own investment firm in 1990. Away from Crescent's daily business affairs, Ijaz serves on the College Foundation Board of Trustees at the University of Virginia and is a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]]. |
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Ijaz made a cameo appearance in music video in 2004 by DJ Junior Jack. |
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==Media Commentator== |
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He used to appear regularly on a variety of financial and political news programs for [[CNN]] [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0301/01/ltm.04.html] [http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0301/02/i_qaa.01.html], [[Fox News]], [[BBC]], Germany’s ARD TV, Japan’s NHK, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]{{Disambiguation needed|date=June 2011}} and [[NBC]]. He has commented for [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]]’ Newshour with [[Jim Lehrer]] [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec99/pakistan_10-13.html], [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/international/july-dec99/hijackers_12-28.html], [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec01/powell_10-15.html], [http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/media/jan-june02/pearl_1-29.html] and ABC News Nightline with [[Ted Koppel]]. Ijaz has been featured twice in [[Michael Barone (pundit)|Barron's]] Currency Roundtable discussions. He has also contributed to the editorial pages of London’s ''[[Financial Times]]'', ''[[The Wall Street Journal]]'', ''[[The New York Times]]'', ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'', ''[[The Washington Post]]'', The ''[[International Herald Tribune]]'', ''[[Newsweek International]]'', ''[[The Christian Science Monitor]]'', ''[[The Weekly Standard]]'', ''[[National Review]]'', ''[[USA Today]]'', and the ''[[Times of India]]''. He endorsed views in the period prior to the Iraq War, later proven to be false, that included the presence of WMDs in Iraq and ties between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda. Among other topics, he has commented on the lack of wisdom in letting politics and policymakers ignore good intelligence, vis-à-vis changes in the Muslim world<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A64828-2002Jun29 | work=The Washington Post | first1=Timothy | last1=Carney | first2=Mansoor | last2=Ijaz | title=Intelligence Failure? Let's Go Back to Sudan | date=30 June 2002}}</ref> and nuclear proliferation |
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<ref>http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/575nerhn.asp?pg=1</ref> |
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Ijaz was a Fox News Analyst and played a popular role on Special Report. He was a popular guest on the show and appeared on various Fox programs on more than 100 occasions. He articulated opinions on a wide array of subjects, including some that supported the Bush administration's policies on Iraq and Afghanistan. Some media outlets categorized his views as neo-conservative, placing him in the same category of analysts such as former CIA Director R. James Woolsey, former Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz and former Defense Policy Board chairman Richard Perle. |
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<ref>http://www.fair.org/index.php?page=1187</ref> |
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In 2006, in an interview with Gulf News, Ijaz claimed that Iran already had a nuclear bomb and that US think-tanks were already formulating strategies to overthrow the Iranian Government. His opinion appeared in an interview published in Gulf News, a Dubai-based newspaper. |
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<ref>http://gulfnews.com/news/region/iran/iran-has-bomb-and-trying-to-make-more-1.222961</ref> |
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==International Negotiator== |
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Mansoor Ijaz has been involved in unofficial negotiations between US and Sudanese governments with regard to extradition of Osama bin Laden. In 1996 the [[United States Congress]] had imposed sanctions against the [[Sudanese government]] over the terrorist operations on its soil.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A61251-2001Oct2 | work=The Washington Post | first=Barton | last=Gellman | title=U.S. Was Foiled Multiple Times in Efforts To Capture Bin Laden or Have Him Killed | date=October 3, 2001}}</ref> Mansoor Ijaz reportedly tried to negotiate a deal between Sudan's president [[Omar al-Bashir]] and Clinton administration officials including [[Sandy Berger]]. Ijaz argued the U.S. should adopt a policy of "constructive engagement" with Sudan, in return for deporting Osama bin Laden.<ref>http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1997_hr/h970610i.htm</ref> However bin Laden made his way to [[Afghanistan]] after the deportation from Sudan. According to Ijaz, that was a missed opportunity to capture bin Laden who has not even been indicted by US authorities,<ref>http://www.benadorassociates.com/article/568</ref> a claim that Clinton's administration has denied {{Citation needed|date=September 2010}}. The [[9/11 Commission]] found that although "former Sudanese officials claim that Sudan offered to expel Bin Laden to the United States", "we have not found any reliable evidence to support the Sudanese claim.".<ref>http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/staff_statement_5.pdf</ref> |
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==Statements Regarding bin Laden== |
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According to Ijaz, the Sudanese government offered the Clinton administration numerous opportunities to arrest bin Laden and those opportunities were met positively by Secretary of State [[Madeleine Albright]] but spurned when [[Susan Rice]] and counter-terrorism czar [[Richard A. Clarke|Richard Clarke]] persuaded National Security Advisor [[Sandy Berger]] to overrule Albright. |
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Ijaz’s claims in this regard appeared in numerous Op-Ed pieces including one in the ''Los Angeles Times'' |
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<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://articles.latimes.com/2001/dec/05/opinion/oe-ijaz05 | work=The Los Angeles Times | title=Clinton Let Bin Laden Slip Away and Metastasize | first=Mansoor | last=Ijaz | date=December 5, 2001}}</ref> and one in the ''Washington Post'' co-written with former Ambassador to Sudan [[Timothy M. Carney]] .<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A64828-2002Jun29|title=Intelligence Failure? Let's Go Back to Sudan|last=Carney |first=Timothy|coauthor=Mansoor Ijaz|date=June 30, 2002|publisher=''[[Washington Post]]''|accessdate=2008-12-01}}</ref> |
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Similar allegations have been made by Vanity Fair contributing editor David Rose<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2002/01/osama200201?currentPage=1|title=The Osama Files|last=Rose|first=David|date=January, 2002|publisher=''[[Vanity Fair (magazine)|Vanity Fair]]''|accessdate=2008-12-01}}</ref> and [[Richard Miniter]], author of ''Losing bin Laden'', in a November 2003 interview with ''[[World (magazine)|World]]''.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.worldmag.com/articles/8206|title='Clinton did not have the will to respond'|last=Belz|first=Mindy|date=November 1, 2003|publisher=''[[World (magazine)|World]]''|accessdate=2008-12-01}}</ref> |
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Several sources dispute Ijaz's claim, including the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks on the United States (the 9-11 Commission) which concluded in part “Sudan's minister of defense, Fatih Erwa, has claimed that Sudan offered to hand Bin Laden over to the United States. The Commission has found no credible evidence that this was so. Ambassador Carney had instructions only to push the Sudanese to expel Bin Laden. Ambassador Carney had no legal basis to ask for more from the Sudanese since, at the time, there was no indictment outstanding.” |
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<ref>http://govinfo.library.unt.edu/911/report/911Report_Ch4.htm</ref> |
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== Memogate == |
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{{main|Memogate (Pakistan)}} |
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Mansoor Ijaz was involved in the [[Memogate (Pakistan)|memogate controversy]], which revolves around a memorandum seeking help of the [[Presidency of Barack Obama|Obama administration]] to avert a military takeover of the civilian government in Pakistan in the wake of the [[Death of Osama bin Laden#Operation Neptune Spear|Osama bin Laden raid]], and to assist in a civilian takeover of the military apparatus.<ref name="BBC-01">{{cite news |
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|title=Pakistan US ambassador offers to resign over 'memogate' |
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|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-15782297 |
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|publisher=[[BBC News]] Asia |
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|date=17 November 2011 |
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|accessdate=24 November 2011}}</ref> |
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The contents of the confidential memo, addressed to [[Michael Mullen|Admiral Mike Mullen]], were published in its entirety on ''[[Foreign Policy]]'' magazine's website on November 17.<ref name="MemoContents">{{cite web |
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|url=http://www.foreignpolicy.com/files/fp_uploaded_documents/111117_Ijaz%20memo%20Foreign%20Policy.PDF |
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|title=Contents of the Mullen Memorandum |
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|publisher=[[Foreign Policy]] |
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|date=17 November 2011 |
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|accessdate=24 November 2011}}</ref> |
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Ijaz alleged that former [[Pakistan Ambassador to the United States]] [[Husain Haqqani]] asked him to deliver the confidential memo<ref name="TheNews-01">{{cite web |
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|title=A dangerous path for Pakistan, says Mansoor Ijaz |
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|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=9981&Cat=13 |
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|publisher=The News |
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|date=31 October 2011 |
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|accessdate=25 November 2011}}</ref> asking for US assistance. The memo is alleged to have been drafted by Haqqani at the behest of [[President of Pakistan]] [[Asif Ali Zardari]].<ref name="GEO-03">{{cite web |
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|title=Ambassador Haqqani again denies sending memo |
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|url=http://www.geo.tv/important_events/2011/mullenmemo/pages/english_news_18-11-2011.asp |
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|publisher=Geo News |
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|accessdate=24 November 2011}}</ref> |
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The Supreme Court of Pakistan has opened a broader inquiry into the origins, credibility and purpose of the memo.<ref>{{cite news|last=Abott|first=Sebastion|title=Pakistani Judicial Commission To Probe Memo Scandal|url=http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2011/12/30/world/asia/AP-AS-Pakistan.html?hp|publisher=Associated Press|accessdate=30 December 2011}}</ref> |
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== References == |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/1997_hr/h970610i.htm His testimony to House Judiciary Committee Sub-Committee on Terrorism and Crime, June 10, 1997] |
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*[http://www.rediff.com/news/2000/nov/28inter.htm His November 2000 interview with rediff.com on Kashmir's ceasefire] |
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*[http://www.blogtalkradio.com/deepakchopra/2011/12/30/mansoor-ijaz-the-invisible-hand-in-us-pakistan-relations Conversation with Deepak Chopra about averted Pakistani coup] (45:43), 12-30-11 |
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